Corset-clasp



(No Model.) G. W. FOSTER.

CORSETv CLASP.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

CHARLES w. Fosrnn, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,730, dated September 11, 1883.

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful-Oorsetjllasp, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to corset-Clasps, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient lacing-hook and means of attachment for the hooks and cord.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of said lacing. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line av a", Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a like view. 011 the line y y, Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of one of the hooks.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the spring-hooks, which are each stamped out of a metallic blank and formed with a rear eye or perforation, a, at which portion the surfaces a of the hook are preferably smooth and flat. From the eye portion a the body a of the hook is curved downwardly, as ate", and carried outwardly on a lower plane than the portion a. The central portion of body a, is cut away, as at (f, to form a central spring hook, c bend-up from the plate a", and having a curved oficoncaved end, a, to facilitate engagement.

The hooks A are secured to the fabric B by means of eyelets O, which are passed through the eyes a of the hook and through the fabric. The ends of the eyelets are turned over against the under side of the fabric and over the'outer surface, a, of the hooks. Inthis way the hooks are secured between the fabric and turned end of the eyelets, so that they will turn on the latter as on a pivot. This pivotal movement of the hooks renders the lacing more convenient and easyto the wearer, and enables the lacing to give and alter its position to any movement of the person, which will occasion less wear on the cord.

D is the cord, which is secured to the fabric by being passed through the same, as shown tion adaptedto receive a common eyelet, of

the lacing-cord D, passed through said perforation in the fabric and its end secured in the fabric by the overturned edges of the eyelet, as described and shown, for the purpose set forth. I

2. The combination, with the securing and pivotal eyelet which passes through the fabric, of an independent hook-plate having a perforated portion with flat surfaces, and a central spring-hook stamped out of a metallic blank, the eyelet being passed through the said per; foration and retaining the plate by its overturned end, adapting the plate to be turned on the eyelet, as described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

3. In clasps for corsets, the combination of the hook-plates having an eye portion, a, and body portion ((1 on a lower plane than the portion a, and provided with a bent-up springhook portion, (6 having a concaved end, a, the common eyelets securing the hooks to the fabric B and forming a pivot for the same, and the lacing-cord D, having its end passed through a hole in the fabric and retained therein by the overturned ends of the eyelet CHAS. XV. FOSTER;

Witnesses:

OSCAR D. Rocnns, Mrs. A. F. FosTER. 

